De Luxe Frena camera
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
- Made:
- circa 1892 in London
- maker:
- R and J Beck
Magazine box camera for notched cut films 2 1/2 x 3 /12 inches. Fitted with a beck Steinheil Orthostigmat lens No. 10395 US 8-255, four apertures in rotating plate. Rotary shutter 5/10/20/40/ aperture and shutter setting visible through lens. Shutter set through panel in base. With two reflecting finders, spirit level in film change handle with two Taylor Taylor Hobson double levels added. Covered in stitched calf leather with gilt fittings. R & J Beck.
De Luxe Frena camera, made by R and J Beck in England, c. 1892.
Fitted with a beck Steinheil Orthostigmat lens No. 10395 US 8-255, four apertures in rotating plate. Rotary shutter 5/10/20/40/ aperture and shutter setting visible through lens. Shutter set through panel in base. With two reflecting finders, spirit level in film change handle with two Taylor Taylor Hobson double levels added. Covered in stitched calf leather with gilt fittings.
The first Frena was introduced in 1892, based on the designs of J T Clarke. Frena was an acronym for ‘For Rapidly Exposing Negatives Automatically'. The Frena takes 40 films with interleaved card light shields. After a film has been exposed, pins in front of the film slide to coincide with notches on the film and release the film.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/2837
- Materials:
- glass, leather, gold plated (gilded) and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 140 mm x 96 mm x 245 mm,
- type:
- box camera and magazine camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
